In parts one and two of this series (click on the links to read them), I introduced a way of understanding foods, herbs, and drugs based on how herbs are defined… Read More
Articles from Dr. Peter Borten
Tidbits on Trends
(Originally published as a newsletter for The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa) Rather than give you a nice cohesive report on a single health topic, I decided this month to… Read More
Dandelion: The Medicine That’s All Around Us
(Originally published as a newsletter for The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa) There is an understated yellow flower called Taraxacum – AKA dandelion – which can be found nearly everywhere in… Read More
Read the Label
(Originally published as a four part series for The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa) Part One For the great majority of human history, most people cooked all of their own food… Read More
The Ultimate Taboo
As Daoists in ancient China carefully observed the natural world, they came to identify five major energies, called the Five Elements, which preside over all the tangible and intangible facets… Read More
Flabby, Inflexible, and Stagnant: How Aging Happens and What to Do About it
(This was originally a series of ten articles written for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) There is a saying about aging in Chinese Medicine: “Yang to yang and yin to yin.” … Read More
How to Manage Your Allergies
(This article originally appeared in About Face Magazine) “I never had allergies before I moved to the Pacific Northwest.” Unfortunately, it’s a statement I’ve heard dozens of times. Our perennially… Read More
How to Develop a Balanced Life
Here’s a test: Stand with one foot directly in front of the other, heel to toe, like you just got pulled over to do a sobriety test. Close your eyes…. Read More
Does This Attitude Make My Life Look Big?
(Originally published in About Face Magazine, issue 08) When a patient comes in to see me, I get a brief opportunity to facilitate a shift toward the positive. I might… Read More
Travel Pain Free
Traveling, whether by plane, train, car, bus, or unicycle, is often hard on the body. There are many things you can do to make traveling a less painful experience. It… Read More
Transcend Your Pain
(Originally published as an article for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) Acceptance is an essential prerequisite to letting something go. Although it’s natural to fight the things we dislike, when the… Read More
The Role of Diet in Chronic Pain
Our food choices often play a major part in the development of chronic pain. All of the ways our diet affects our internal chemistry is too big a topic for… Read More
The Case for a Natural External Pain Reliever
(Originally published as an article for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) The increase in Americans’ use of oral pharmaceutical drugs over the past several decades is nothing short of mind-blowing. I… Read More
The Amazing New Technique … That’s Been Sweeping the World for the Past 2000+ Years
(Originally published as an article for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) Since at least several hundred years B.C., people in Greece, India, China, and elsewhere have used a technique of applying… Read More